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Hubert Selby Jr.

1928 - 2004

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Hubert "Cubby" Selby Jr. (July 23, 1928 – April 26, 2004) was an American writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hubert Selby Jr. has received more than 552,736 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Hubert Selby Jr. is the 2,799th most popular writer (down from 2,705th in 2019), the 3,666th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,471st in 2019) and the 331st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hubert Selby Jr. ranks 2,799 out of 5,755Before him are Mariama Bâ, Lupus Servatus, Vonda N. McIntyre, Niccolò Tommaseo, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, and Ibn Zaydún. After him are Tarafa, Dorothea von Schlegel, Louis of Granada, Nonius Marcellus, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, and Bo Carpelan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Hubert Selby Jr. ranks 224Before him are Arthur Melvin Okun, Jörg Demus, Franciszek Pieczka, Eugenio Monti, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, and Ethel Kennedy. After him are Nils Christie, Eric Dolphy, Helen Frankenthaler, Shulamit Aloni, Robert Brout, and Amata Kabua. Among people deceased in 2004, Hubert Selby Jr. ranks 112Before him are Paul Winfield, Rafael Eitan, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Thomas Gold, John Maynard Smith, and Ryszard Kukliński. After him are Jozef Lenárt, Lucia Berlin, José Giovanni, Ann Miller, Jesús Gil, and Werner Goldberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hubert Selby Jr. ranks 3,666 out of 18,182Before him are Ron Silver (1946), Jackie Gleason (1916), Rufus Wainwright (1973), M. Emmet Walsh (1935), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), and Elmore James (1918). After him are Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), David Huddleston (1930), Jack Nance (1943), Kelly Johnson (1910), Kevin Hart (1979), and Sherilyn Fenn (1965).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Hubert Selby Jr. ranks 331Before him are R. A. Salvatore (1959), Henry Kuttner (1915), David Eddings (1931), Laura Bridgman (1829), Alice B. Toklas (1877), and Vonda N. McIntyre (1948). After him are H.D. (1886), Leon Uris (1924), Andre Norton (1912), Lucia Berlin (1936), Katherine Jackson (1930), and James A. Michener (1907).